AMAZING VENDETTA
CONTINUES FOR 238 YEARS (By Electric Telegrapn.—Copyright.) 'Australian ami JN.Z. Cable, A«woeiauoi)i LONDONj TTec, 28. The Daily Express Geneva corresSiondent. describes an amazing vendetta legun 238 years ago between the families Of Aschwanden kind Jaiich, in the alpine of Burgeden. On Christinas Day Jauch Shot Aschwanden in the forest and then gave himself up to the police. He declared he had shot his •eiioniy in order to/protect his own life. Aschwandcn’s sixteen-year-old son swore {in oath to avenge liis father. . There is already a long list of dgttths due to the feud. Tlie malo of both familJies,. have been taught .from infancy .to shoot '|traight lirkl have never been allowed td leave the village unarmed.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 29 December 1924, Page 10
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117AMAZING VENDETTA Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 29 December 1924, Page 10
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